This episode of She Explorers is brought to you by Oru Kayak.

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Later in the episode, we talk again to Angel Mathis about heading down the Hudson River in an

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I'm Gail Straub and you're listening to She Explores.

And I think that when push comes to shove,

if you allow yourself to work through the pain and talk through the pain

and mentally push through, then you can do a lot more than you think you can.

This is truly hot. This episode is kind of about completing a half iron man, which if you didn't know already is 1.2 miles of open water swimming,

56 miles of biking, and a 13.1 mile run.

So this episode and a 13.1 mile run.

So this episode is kind of about that race,

and it's kind of about two sisters connecting in a novel way.

Hey Shelley, what is today?

It is race day.

Half Iron Man race day.

Where are we?

We're in the car on the way to the race start

where we're gonna set up our transition area

and then wait until it's our turn to start.

I have three sisters, one of which is Julie.

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